Our last newsletter was a while ago, but we’ve been busy in August, September, and now October. We have been visiting churches and connecting with people here in the middle of the USA, and also in Idaho, Washington, California, and parts in between. Some of you we’ve had to miss due to COVID-19 or simply scheduling issues, but we treasure each chance to meet with people and talk about what God is doing. One of our aims in these meetings is to encourage all of us together as t

We just arrived home from our big Western Trip. We took off before any states had shut down in March, and over the next month watched things get cancelled and paused. We had hoped to visit at least six churches and many, many friends and partners. That obviously didn’t happen. We were able to meet up with a couple of friends (you know who you are) and see and stay with family who we hadn’t seen in a long time (thanks for taking us in longer than planned!). But in many ways,

Where does the money go? This is a question that we all ask, and it’s very relevant in our situation with our monthly budget, and we want to be transparent. The biggest chunk goes toward our ministry and living expenses (including taxes). Another large chunk goes toward health insurance that works anywhere in the world. Thankfully we haven’t needed to use it in PNG/Australia recently, but it has been a blessing in the past and here on furlough. We also contribute to a retire

We are so thankful for God’s great gift of salvation and His calling on all of us to serve in His kingdom. We are especially blessed that this calling takes us to another part of the world to do a specialized job. We are also thankful to all of you who have stood by us and behind us on this journey—some for many years now, and a few from just weeks ago as we’ve had a chance to meet and share about the Kingdom work we are involved in. Wycliffe and World Missions both require

The English alphabet may not be enough to label our fluid plans. In the last newsletter from PNG we thought we had a pretty good furlough plan laid out. Some of those things have worked well (travel to the USA, vehicle, Missions Retreat, visiting people and churches) but others have not. The boys at our local airstrip in PNG The house that we partially own in Kansas City is not habitable, so we’re based out of Northeast Oklahoma for the time being. In many ways this is a b

The Doyle family returned to the United States the end of July, only to discover the housing they had planned for the first few weeks in the Kansas City area did not materialize due to the previous renter. After attending the Missionary Retreat , they moved to live near Christy’s parents in Eucha, Oklahoma. From there, they have already traveled to two churches and a camp to tell about their work. The month of October is scheduled with additional services, an SIL (Linguisti

Furlough (home assignment) is an interesting time for missionaries. Every time we think about it, we realize more and more that our true home is a place we have never been—heaven. As we transition from this ‘home’ to the ‘old home’ where our families and friends live (or at least used to), we are faced with mixed emotions. For us adults, it’s not quite the same place we remember from previous years. People, culture, and even places have shifted over the past four years. Some

Finishing well has been a theme for our whole organization over the past couple of years, particularly for retiring members. As we come closer to our furlough time (July 29), it seems appropriate for us, too. Christy is seeking to cut back a little at the Clinic and see other people take over what she’s been doing in the afternoons. At the Primary Campus, she’s training another lady to take over her efforts at the Library. Larry is training the next Senior Manager for Lan

Don’t most people in the world know English? Why can’t they just read the Bible in English? These are good questions. And there are answers. The Solos Bible translation team in 2013 Recently, Larry Doyle traveled to Buka Island to participate in team/adviser checking for the Solos Bible translation team. This is a team Larry helped start when the Doyle family lived on Buka from 2011-2013, and he continues to serve as adviser from their home on the mainland of Papua New Guin

December’s trip to Buka Island for the Solos consultant checking session turned out a little different than expected. The hope to finish the book of Joshua fell short, since the power system for the computer had failed some months back, and there was no way to finish preparing the last chapters for the checking. Thankfully the computer had just enough juice to get the latest revision and Larry was able to print out a copy so it can be prepared for later checking, even witho